They just see it as the truth. Which isn't surprising since it was written to fit their world view.

I am not sure how much it hurt the tea party to have a few of their early members say they were going to tea bag Obama. It got them national attention and now it makes their critics look like giggling school boys because they can't leave the joke alone. Palin has the same affect, they simply can't resist following everything she says and bring her up in every discussion. They can't resist shooting down at the easy target. If the left wants to keep it majority past the next election it really needs to grow beyond such things and learn to deal with issues. Then I do think the left was happier in the minority and I think it better matches their leadership style.

Look at the health care debate. Republicans were out there saying what they liked and didn't like about it while democrats were arguing with Sarah Palin about death panels insulting and demeaning grassroots protest movements.